Stephen Anderson, WFP's Country Director in the Philippines, gives an update on the food assistance operations under way in the Asian country in the wake of Tropical Storm Ketsana.
Recurrent natural disasters are exacerbating the food security situation of both rural and urban populations in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, which are also suffering the impact of high food prices.
The same risks which drive commodity markets at the Chicago Board of Trade pit farmers in Niger in a daily struggle for survival. Cereal banks run by women help to curb that risk by loaning out grain at low-interest rates that can be paid back when harvests improve.
As assessments of the devastation wreaked by Super-Typhoon Haiyan highlight the immediate need to provide food assistance to all affected communities, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is extending its reach with airlifts, ferry services and trucks.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today marks World Food Day by celebrating the bold leadership and outstanding contributions of national governments toward lasting solutions to hunger and malnutrition
Today (Wednesday) WFP rice was distributed to 49,000 people in the Tacloban area through family packs handed out by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The packs contain rice and canned goods.